Chapter 18: Something Happened
The others helped each other to get out of the carriage, and Zhao Yujia saw Zhao Shuqing sitting on the carriage without moving, so he asked, "Sister Qing, don't you come down?" ”
Zhao Shuqing shook his head, "I'm weak and can't stand the wind, so I won't go down." ”
Hearing this, the girls didn't say anything more, and walked towards the crowd, accompanied by a few of the families who escorted them back to Zhuangzi.
Upon getting closer, it was discovered that two carriages were surrounded by a group of people.
There were three guards on the side of the carriage, and they glared angrily at an old woman sitting on the ground in front of the carriage, she was crying with a child in her arms, and shouting: "Ah Yuan, grandma's good grandson, don't scare grandma......"
"Alright, old woman, stop messing around. The deception has deceived your grandfather, you really don't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has, right? Get out of the way, if you don't get out of the way, you look good. One of the bearded guards grew impatient and shouted at him.
The old woman replied without fear: "You bumped into my grandson, don't want to leave without losing money, even if you sue the yamen, I have a reason." ”
At the sound of her cries, a group of peasants with hoes, rakes, and other farming tools appeared, and they were so numerous that they did not seem to take the three guards seriously.
Seeing this scene, the faces of the three guards became more and more difficult to look at, and their eyes were full of fierce light, obviously angry.
When they wanted to roll up their sleeves and drive these people away by force, a Qingyue voice came from the carriage, "Qi Ming, don't be rude." ”
Hearing this, the bearded guard said helplessly: "Son, it's not that your subordinates are ruthless, it's these people who are unreasonable." ”
"Since it was our carriage that hit and injured people, you should help the old man and the injured child into the carriage and send them to the city hospital to show them."
As soon as the words fell, the old woman said, "I don't go to the city, who knows if you rich people will turn your face and kill our ancestors and grandchildren, you just need to give us the silver, and we will ask the doctor to see the wounds ourselves." ”
The poor are afraid of the rich, and the people are afraid of the officials.
The old woman's words also sounded reasonable.
A sigh came from inside the car, "Old man, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, who dares to bully the weak." If your child is really injured, he should be sent to the hospital as soon as possible, and it is not good for you to delay the time by pushing it off like this. ”
The guard known as Qi Ming laughed, "That's it, old woman, you said that your grandson was injured and was about to die, and you didn't rush to the hospital for treatment, all you wanted was silver." I don't think this grandson is your own grandson, and he may not have been injured. You just want to blackmail money, and you don't dare to follow you into the city for fear of being exposed. ”
Hearing this, the old woman hugged the child excitedly and cried even more.
The villagers, who were armed with farm tools, also chimed in: "Compensation, compensation for medical expenses." ”
"If you hit someone, don't compensate, don't want to leave."
"That's right, compensation, hurry up."
There was a lot of noise and shouting, and the scene was chaotic.
Qi Ming shouted: "Shut up for me!" Suppressed by his momentum, everyone fell silent for a while.
The boy in the car spoke again: "Qi Ming, don't be excited. It is normal for the elderly to worry about their grandchildren. Well, if you are worried that we have bad intentions and are not good for you, you can choose a few strong men to accompany you. ”
This sounds reasonable, but if the old woman's grandson had been hit by a carriage, she would have agreed.
However, the old woman was crying with her child in her arms, and was reluctant to go to the city to seek medical treatment.
The villagers began to quarrel again: "Don't try to play tricks, if you don't compensate, you will leave our lives, there is nothing to say." ”
"This is on our turf, and you don't want to bully us."
Zhao Yuxiu asked suspiciously: "That son has a point, why don't they listen?" ”
"They're just here for the money, and of course they won't listen to that son." Zhao Wangshu looked at the old woman's clothes full of patches, and her eyes were complicated.
Although the old woman should not use this method to extort money, she still hopes that the son in the car will solve the problem in a peaceful way instead of using violence.
Zhao Yuxiu said angrily: "In order to make black money, it is really hateful to disregard the safety of a child." ”
"I see, the child may not be her grandson." Zhao Yuying probed her brain.
After these two sentences, the situation has changed.
When several villagers saw that the boy insisted on taking people into the city, they looked at each other with unwillingness.
They knew very well in their hearts that if they were taken away, they would definitely not be able to bargain.
At this time, a strong man stepped forward and pulled the old woman and the child in her arms up, and said dissatisfiedly, "Forget it, this boy is unlucky." Children from poor families deserve to be injured and killed. ”
Zhao Wangshu saw that child, there was really a big bag on his forehead, and there were blood stains seeping out of the bag, and he gasped, this child was really hit by a carriage, and he had to be sent to the hospital quickly.
"The carriage stopped when it was far away, how did the wound on the little cub's head come about, you know it in your hearts, don't try to slander people." However, Qi Ming's words indicated that they were touching porcelain.
However, this group of people is very clever in their methods of touching porcelain, and their hearts are ruthless enough, and they even let a really injured child act as the victim of the collision.
At this moment, the car door opened, and the boy inside came out. He has a handsome appearance, wearing a dark green brocade robe, a jade belt around his waist, his face is like a crown of jade, and his lips are like Dan, as if he is the son of a rich and noble family.
Seeing this noble son, the villagers involuntarily took a few steps back.
The strong man cursed and scolded the injured boy as he pulled him, so that he shook and almost fell.
"I met you the first time I entered Beijing, and it seems that we are destined. I happen to be short of an errand boy by my side, and I am willing to pay ten taels of silver, and if you want, you can sell this boy to me, what do you think? The noble prince asked in a gentle tone.
Ten taels of silver is a lot of income for a farmer.
The strong man who was pulling the boy said, "I want twenty taels of silver, otherwise I won't sell it." ”
Someone also chimed in, "Yes, it costs twenty taels of silver, such a big kid can do a lot of things for it." ”
The child named Ah Yuan looked numb, listening to the people around him bargaining and talking about his sale money.
Gui Gongzi smiled and said, "Although it is the first time I have entered Beijing, I also know that it is only three or five taels of silver to buy an adult man in Beijing. If I hadn't felt that this child was very close to me, I might not have bought him back. If you really can't bear it, forget it. ”
Hearing this, the strong man looked hesitant, and he asked his mother, "Mother, what do you think?" ”
His mother looked at him with red eyes, her son asked her grandson to slander people, she was willing to do it, but if she sold her grandson, she was unwilling, "Erlang, A-Yuan is the only bloodline left by your eldest brother, you let him ......"
"Mother, our family has few people and many people, how can we raise him?" The strong man interrupted her.
The old woman also knew her son's difficulty, lowered her head, wept silently, and slowly let go of her hand.